China’s Mid-Tier Cities Vie for EV Battery Supremacy
Courtesy of Caixin Global, a report on China’s EV battery battle: A handful of things put the southwestern Chinese city of Yibin on the map. There’s Wuliangye, a popular brand of fiery liquor [...]
Mining, Energy, Construction: Where In Africa Is It Best to Invest?
Courtesy of The Africa Report, interesting analysis on where it is ‘best to invest’ in Africa: In a complex economic environment in Africa, political risk, soaring construction costs and [...]
Indonesian Companies Show Fresh Interest in New Capital Project
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on renewed interest from Indonesian companies in the nation’s new capital project: More Indonesian businesses are announcing initiatives to invest in the [...]
Vietnam: The Epitome of a Belt and Road Hedge
Via Asia Times, commentary on how – unlike welcoming neighbors – Hanoi has staked out a mostly non-committal position on Beijing’s infrastructure-building policy: The Belt and Road [...]
The Crazy World of China’s Lithium Mine Auctions
Via Bloomberg, an article on China’s lithium mine auctions: Urgency grows for Beijing to defend its lead in supply chains Mineral is crucial to its world-beating electric car industry Welcome [...]
The Viability of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor
Via Geopolitical Futures, a look at the the India-Middle East-Europe economic corridor, an ambitious new connectivity project will likely run aground in the Arabian Peninsula: We live in an age of [...]

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Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.